Chapter 174 Counterfeit
As soon as Chen Ziwu left, Pan Jun started shouting, but the people who came were only there to buy medicine, and they just took a look at her talismans before leaving.

After a brief thought, Pan Yun handed the stall over to Miaozhen and Miaohe. She went to the shop to look at the talismans and the talismans sold at various stalls.

At first glance, Pan Yun understood that most of the talismans on this street were not bad, at least they were up to standard.

The talismans in the shop can meet the standards one hundred percent, that is, the energy attached to the talismans is above the standards.

About 70% of the talismans displayed on the stalls outside have the standard amount of energy. Among the remaining 30%, 20% have energy, but less than the standard amount.

The remaining one is counterfeit and shoddy goods, which have only the form but not the spirit.

Pilgrims or tourists who come here to burn incense and pray will directly choose to buy from the shops, so the quality is guaranteed; merchants and Taoists who purchase goods either have cooperating shops or cooperating stall owners, and will not search all over the streets.

Only a casual cultivator like Chen Ziwu, who has limited money, would think of buying at the stall.

But the talismans that everyone displays look similar, why would people come to her to buy them?

She is young and not famous, so unless her cultivation is higher, it can be seen that the energy content of the talismans she draws is higher than that of other talismans.

But when she looked up at the street, she saw that there were not many people with high cultivation, and the few that were there looked like they had plenty of money. They ignored her seductive eyes and went straight into the most luxurious and largest shop.

It is said that the shop is opened by the Zhang family.

Pan Jun knew he couldn't win just by taking a glance from outside.

Can't beat it, really can't beat it.

Their place is magnificent and has three floors. How can she, who can only find a piece of land to set up a stall, compare with it?
Alas, it’s another day when I miss Master Qian.

Pan Yun withdrew his gaze and returned to the stall.

Miao Zhen Miao and the medicine bottles in front of her had all been sold out. Pan Yun waved and said, "Pack up your things, let's go."

Miao Zhen and Miao He immediately took action, "Little Master, you don't want to sell your talismans anymore?"

“Let’s sell it somewhere else.”

Pan Yun first took Miaozhen and Miaohe to the Wendao grocery store.

Shopkeeper Chen saw them and smiled, "What would you like to buy?"

Pan Yun pretended not to know him and said, "We want to consign talismans for sale."

Shopkeeper Chen arranged for them to consign the talismans. "I charge a 5% handling fee for the talismans I consign. What price would you three like to pay for them?"

"What is the general price of amulets?"

"Two taels."

Pan Yun almost vomited blood, "It's only two taels. I sell it for twenty taels in Yushan County."

Shopkeeper Chen smiled and said, "Little Taoist priest, things are valuable because they are rare. This talisman is not only worth twenty taels in Yushan County, but it is not uncommon to sell it for fifty taels. However, in Longhu Mountain, it can only be sold for two taels."

Pan Jun opened his mouth and asked, "Are all the amulets two taels?"

"No, a little-known Taoist priest like me sells for two taels, and a slightly famous one sells for five taels. There are also some that sell for more than five taels. Some Taoist priests can sell their amulets for a hundred taels each."

Pan Yun asked humbly, "For example?"

"For example, amulets written by real people themselves."

"Tianshi~~" Pan Yun: "Is he selling amulets? Is he selling fame?"

Shopkeeper Chen smiled.

Pan Jun thought for a moment and asked, "How much can the talisman of Zhang Liuzhen, the son of the Heavenly Master, be sold for?"

Shopkeeper Chen thought for a moment and said, "Twenty taels."

Pan Yun exhaled, feeling a little more balanced, and said, "My talisman may not be as good as the one drawn by a real person, but it is definitely better than Zhang Liuzhen's. Shopkeeper, please give me a price of twenty taels."

Shopkeeper Chen smiled and said, "Since it's consignment, you can set any price, but little Taoist priest, can you sell it?"

Pan Yun was very sad.

Leaning on the counter, he asked Shopkeeper Chen, "Is there any way to earn a hundred taels overnight?"

Shopkeeper Chen: "Robbery?"

Pan Jun thought for a moment and nodded, "That's a good idea!"

She said to Shopkeeper Chen, "Do you have a box? I want to rent one."

Shopkeeper Chen stared, "Rent?"

"Yes, I'll return it to you in half an hour at most."

Shopkeeper Chen thought about it, and since there were no customers in the store, he stopped pretending and moved closer to Pan Yun and said in a low voice, "Miss, you want money, I'll give it to you."

Pan Yun glanced at him and continued to do his job in a businesslike manner, "Boss, the three of us are students of the academy. We will definitely not lie to you. Don't worry."

Shopkeeper Chen glanced at her, sighed and said, "Okay, but you have to pay a deposit."

"Okay." Pan Jun still had more than ten taels on him. It wasn't much, but it was enough to rent a good box.

Shopkeeper Chen brought her a nice box.

Pan Yun took out the talismans rolled together in the bag, picked out two of each kind and put them in. After thinking for a while, he took out two more thunder talismans and put them in.

After closing the box and stuffing it into his bag, he waved his hand and said, "Let's go."

Shopkeeper Chen was stunned and quickly called the three people, "Wait, wait a moment."

He said with a tangled look on his face: "Otherwise, let me take a look at the goods first. If they are good, I can buy them directly, or give you an advance of 100 taels."

He couldn't really rob it, could he? Otherwise, his boss would kill him.

Isn't that making money from the master's nephew?

The master’s nephew’s money belongs to Sanqing Mountain, and I also have a share of Sanqing Mountain’s money. What’s the point of earning my own money?
Pan Yun waved at him and said, "I'll come back to consign it later."

Pan Yun took Miaozhenmiao and went to the Shenxian Building first.

Oh, it’s the big luxurious store opened by the Zhang family.

As soon as they entered the door, the waiter greeted the three of them warmly, "What do you three young Taoist priests want to buy?"

He noticed at a glance that Pan Yun and the other two were wearing academy uniforms. In this building, six out of ten guests were wearing such clothes.

Pan Yun took a quick look around and said, "I'm here to sell talismans. Do you accept them?"

The waiter was stunned for a moment, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded, "I received it. Young Taoist priest, wait a moment. I will go and ask the steward."

Shenxianlou also accepts talismans from outside, but rarely does it in the store.

Because it was a shop opened by the Zhang family, and they didn't have much else, so there weren't many people who knew how to draw talismans.

So they may be short of other things, but they definitely have the talismans.

Generally speaking, students of the academy don't have the courage to come to the Shenxian Building to sell talismans. They usually sell them to small shops nearby, or sell them on consignment, or set up stalls to sell them.

There aren't many people like Pan Yun who come directly to sell talismans.

The steward came over after a long time. He quickly glanced at Pan Yun and the other two and stepped forward, smiling and saying, "Are you three Taoist friends looking to sell talismans?"

Pan Jun also smiled and said, "Yes."

"Can I see what kind of talismans there are?"

Pan Yun took out the exquisite box from his bag and placed it on the table. He opened it and pushed it in. "Take a look."

The one placed on top is the thunder talisman.

After just one look, the steward stood up straight and walked forward to pick up a copy to look at it. His eyes flickered and he smiled to Pan Yun, "Okay, according to the rules of our Shenxian Lou, we charge half the price, so it's one tael of silver per copy."

This is too dark!
Pan Yun said expressionlessly: "Then I won't sell it. This talisman was specially drawn by my fourth senior sister for us to save our lives."

Pan Jun pulled the thunder talisman back, put it into the box, closed it and was about to take it away.

"Wait a minute." The steward frowned slightly, "This talisman was not drawn by you, but by the elders?"

"Yes, my fourth senior sister drew it."

Steward: "I wonder who your fourth senior sister is?"

"The Sanqing Temple of Sanqing Mountain is mysterious!"

The steward's legs went weak, and his eyes became gloomy as he looked at the box. He looked at Pan Yun and asked, "Since it was given by the commander and is for saving lives, why are you selling it?"

This question made Pan Yun nervous, fearing that he might hurt friendly forces.

She tentatively replied, "We are short of money, so we're selling it first to make ends meet."

When the steward heard this, he was speechless for a long time.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Pan Jun tentatively picked up the box and was about to leave.

"Wait," the steward gritted his teeth and said, "Since it was painted by Taoist Xuanmiao, the price can indeed be a little higher. Young Taoist, please name a price."

Pan Yun thought about it and offered an old price, "Twenty taels."

Steward: "...Impossible, fifteen taels, no more."

"Okay, fifteen taels is fifteen taels." Pan Yun took out the talisman from the box and handed it to him, "There are ten in total, Cheng Hui, one hundred and fifty taels."

The steward almost doubted their identities, but after taking a look at the three people's height and clothing, as well as the faint smell of medicine coming from them, he reached out and took the talisman.

After checking them one by one, he found that the energy in them was more abundant than that of ordinary talismans, so he accepted them and said with a smile: "Please wait a moment, all of you."

He put the talisman back and took out 150 taels of silver and gave it to her.

Pan Yun counted the money, put it in the box, put it away, stuffed the box into his bag, clasped his fists and said, "Goodbye."

The steward escorted the person to the door and asked, "If Master Xuanmiao knew about this, he would not come to our Shenxian Building to cause trouble, right?"

"What are you thinking? How can my senior sister be such an unreasonable person?" Pan Yun said, "Don't worry, she will just beat us up and throw us out, she won't cause any trouble for you."

The manager nodded repeatedly, but halfway through he realized something was wrong and stopped quickly, giving her an embarrassed smile.

Pan Yun took Miaozhen and Miaohe away. Instead of going directly to the Wendao grocery store, they went to the pharmacy first to buy medicine for their bath, and also bought some daily necessities. Finally, they browsed around the stalls for a while before entering the Wendao grocery store.

Pan Yun returned the box to Shopkeeper Chen and consigned the remaining talismans to him, "Twenty taels each, not a tael less."

Shopkeeper Chen: "...Will you really not give it more consideration?"

Pan Yun nodded, "I have carefully considered it. The value of my talisman is not the added value of fame, but it is real. It is worth this much money."

Shopkeeper Chen stopped trying to stop him.

Although he didn't know what Pan Yun had done, half of the talismans were gone after she went out, and she looked very confident, which showed that she had sold them.

In Shangqing Town, few people who buy and sell talismans are fools. Since someone is buying them at a high price, it means it is profitable.

Shopkeeper Chen decided to place her talisman in the most conspicuous place.

After completing the consignment procedures, Pan Yun started shopping in the grocery store and bought some things they might need.

Since it's all about spending money, it's naturally more pleasing when it goes into the pocket of the master's nephew.

The three of them collected the things they had bought and found that they had bought a lot.

Miaozhen prepared the cloth bag of herbs and was about to put it on her back, but Pan Yun grabbed it and said, "Let me take it."

She put them directly into the spiritual space, leaving only three bags to hold some small things, and stuffed the rest in as well.

Miao Zhen Miao He was not surprised at all, so he took Pan Xiao Hei in his arms and said, "Uncle Junior Master, let's go back."

Pan Yun glanced at the sky and nodded, "Let's go."

When they were almost at the entrance of the town, Pan Jun paused, frowned, turned around and asked Miao Zhen, "Did you recognize Chen Ziwu at that time?"

Miao Zhen was stunned for a moment and then shook her head, "I didn't recognize him."

"Then why do you think he's weird?"

Miao Zhen thought for a moment and said, "I looked at their qi, and I felt that their qi was very similar, so I found it strange. People's faces are similar, and I heard that when twins look alike, they are like sharing a face, but my master said that people's faces can be the same, but their qi must be different."

“There are no leaves in this world that are exactly alike. If there are two identical faces or two identical people, the difference between them must be in their aura.”

"But at that time, the auras of young Chen Ziwu and middle-aged Chen Ziwu were very similar."

"Is it very similar, but not exactly the same?" Although Pan Yun was asking, his tone was very affirmative.

"Yes, the atmosphere has changed. It's not exactly the same."

Pan Yun groaned, "I was so busy looking at his face that I forgot to read his qi, but his facial features... Let's go back and find him. I think something bad is going to happen to him tonight."

Miao Zhen immediately followed up after hearing this, "I also think he has met with a bloody disaster, but I'm not sure, so I dare not say it."

Miao He quickly followed behind, "Master, are we going to save him?"

Pan Yun: "We want to buy the disguise technique before he dies."

Miaozhen and Miaohe: “Oh.”

The three of them searched along Shenxian Street but didn't find anyone.

The three of them then joined the main street, looked in the big market, and finally looked in the restaurant.

Since they didn't find the person, the three of them were hungry and greedy.

Pan Yun sat down in a restaurant and said, "Let's eat first. Life and death are determined by fate. If he really can't be found, this is his fate."

Miaozhen nodded and sat down.

Miao He was hesitant. "Why don't we look for it again? We can buy two buns and eat them while we look for it. This is a life."

Pan Yun said: "Relax a little. Sometimes when we don't look for him, he will appear instead."

But this time, they didn't find anyone until they finished their meal and searched along the street again.

Miao He was a little anxious, "Master Junior, how about we use divination to figure out where he is?"

Pan Jun: "I'm not the fourth senior sister. How can I calculate it after just meeting him once? I don't even know if his name is real or not, how can I calculate it?"

Miaohe: "Ah, the names are all fake?"

After a brief thought, Pan Yun said, "Since things are so complicated, let's try the simplest method."

"In what way?"

Pan Yun: "Throwing stones."

Simply put, it is like throwing a stone to test the water.

A person stands in the middle of the road, silently thinking about the direction of the person he is looking for, closes his eyes and throws a stone, and goes in the direction where the stone is.

Pan Yun stood at the entrance of the town and threw a stone. He looked at its direction and raised his eyebrows. "Isn't this the direction back to the mountain? What a coincidence. Let's go."

Miaozhen: "What if the stone is thrown inaccurately?"

"That's his fate. It's destiny. No one else can be blamed."

(End of this chapter)